The Proper Hiring Process
If you want to do the work that will grow your business - the businessperson work that moves the needle and makes you more money - BUT you’re too busy doing the other shit to do that, then you have a problem, don’t you? You’re caught in the busy trap where you’re too...
How Do I Find a Trusted Electrical Business Coach Online?
If you run an electrical business and you’re flat out but still wondering where the money went, that’s usually the sign. A good electrical business coach helps you improve pricing, profit, systems, sales, team management, and your role as owner. Most sparkies do not...
How To Be More Of A Businessperson
If you don’t, guess whose fault it is? Yes, it’s yours - it’s always yours – you’re the boss, who else is there? You could blame the economy … Albo … Trump … Putin. Customers and their unreasonable demands around pricing. Competitors and their stupid race...
Tradies, Don’t Rely on Your Memory!
Hi Tradies, memory isn’t that great. You can’t rely on it. If you want a successful business that gives you more money, time and freedom, you need to act more like a businessperson and less like a tradie. And that means not relying on fallible memory — yours, and...
See you at the Bali Trade Conference
If you’re keen to build a business that gives you more money, time and freedom, it’s likely that holidays factor in there somewhere. Money - pay for holidays Time off - go on holidays, Freedom - nobody bothers you on holidays. I might be projecting a bit,...
More Business, Less Tradie
If you want a better business — more money, more time off, and more freedom — you’re going to have to work on the business, not just in it. That’s the shift: more businessperson, less tradie. Jobs still need to go well. Customers still matter. But they...
How’s Business Tradie?
Hi Tradie, how's business? That's a pretty open question, isn’t it? Usually, the answer to that is pretty basic, isn’t it? "Not great" "Pretty good" "Good, we're booked out till Easter" But they're just conversational responses, aren't they? They're not...
What can my Rolex tell you about Business for Trades?
Before you start saying I'm a wanker for having a Rolex.... yes I know, I am. In my defence it's an old one - 1976. The salesman described it as an 'entry level Rolex'. There is a story with some points to apply to your business. I bought the watch from a secondhand...
Make a Plan to Hit Your Goals
Why make a plan? To hit your goals, it's in the title of this video. If you've been following this series, you’ll have made some goals, so now you have to decide how you're going to make them happen. And that’s where the impact filter comes in. It’s a simple tool to...
Trade Business Goal Setting
Are you goal setting, tradie? Many tradies and builders start their businesses without clear goals, focusing initially on just surviving. Without direction, businesses can become overwhelming, with more work, stress, and insufficient financial...
How to be more of a Business Person and less of a Tradie
Are you behaving like a Tradie or a Businessperson? I’m talking specifically about becoming more conscious of your behaviour - how you act at work, as the trade business owner. You should be aware that you need to act like a businessperson if...
The Trade Business Lifestyle Ladder
Is Your Business Giving You What You Want? Most tradies want the same three things: More Money, More Time, More Freedom. That’s exactly what the Trade Business Lifestyle Ladder measures. It helps you assess how well your business is serving you...